This minor may only be completed by students admitted to the Elementary Education or the Elementary Education and Special Education programs. A minor is not required to complete either program.

Minors provide a depth of study in a particular area of interest and also inform classroom instruction. The completion of a minor is required to teach middle school in some states and may benefit students particularly interested in teaching at this level.

Students may wish to consult with an advisor in the School of Education Student Services office, 139 Education Building, to discuss course selection and other issues related to this field of study. Current students can schedule a Student Services appointment online through the Starfish app in MyUW. Appointments can also be made through email at studentservices@education.wisc.edu, by calling 608-262-1651, or in person.

Upon completion, the subject area of the minor will be posted on the UW–Madison transcript. Students will not receive an additional certification or license in the subject area. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction does not offer content licenses in association with the Elementary Education or Special Education teaching licenses.

How to Get In

This minor may only be declared by students completing the Elementary Education or the Elementary Education and Special Education programs. To declare the minor, contact your academic advisor in Education Student Services any time after program admission.

Requirements

Complete 24 credits to include the requirements listed below. A minimum 2.75 grade point average is required, based on all UW–Madison course work included in the Social Studies minor. The courses listed here will meet this requirement, but additional courses may be considered. Confer with an advisor in the School of Education Student Services office, 139 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall, 608-262-1651, for consideration of additional courses.

Some courses may be listed in multiple categories, but can count in only one.

History/Civilizations

United States or European History

Select one course from the following.

United States or European History course options
African American Studies
AFROAMER 154 Hip-Hop and Contemporary American Society3
AFROAMER 156 Black Music and American Cultural History3
AFROAMER 231 Introduction to Afro-American History3
AFROAMER 272 Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right3
AFROAMER/​AFRICAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
AFROAMER 302 Undergraduate Studies in Afro-American History3
AFROAMER/​HISTORY  321 Afro-American History Since 19003-4
AFROAMER/​HISTORY  322 Afro-American History to 19003-4
AFROAMER/​GEN&WS  323 Gender, Race and Class: Women in U.S. History3
AFROAMER/​GEN&WS  324 Black Women in America: Reconstruction to the Present3
AFROAMER/​GEN&WS  326 Race and Gender in Post-World War II U.S. Society3
AFROAMER/​HISTORY  347 The Caribbean and its Diasporas3
AFROAMER/​HISTORY  393 Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1848-18773-4
AFROAMER 456 Soul Music and the African American Freedom Movement3
AFROAMER/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  523 Race, American Medicine and Public Health3
AFROAMER/​ED POL  567 History of African American Education3
AFROAMER/​HISTORY  628 History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States3
AFROAMER 631 Colloquium in Afro-American History3
AFROAMER 671 Selected Topics in Afro-American History3
American Indian Studies
AMER IND 100 Introduction to American Indian Studies3
AMER IND 250 Indians of Wisconsin3
AMER IND/​ANTHRO  314 Indians of North America3
AMER IND 320 3
AMER IND/​SOC WORK  636 Social Work in American Indian Communities: The Indian Child Welfare Act3
Asian American Studies
ASIAN AM/​AFROAMER/​AMER IND/​CHICLA/​FOLKLORE  102 Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies3
ASIAN AM/​HISTORY  160 Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation3-4
ASIAN AM/​HISTORY  161 Asian American History: Settlement and National Belonging3-4
ASIAN AM 170 Hmong American Experiences in the United States3
ASIAN AM/​SOC  220 Ethnic Movements in the United States3-4
ASIAN AM/​ASIAN/​HISTORY  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
ASIAN AM 441 Hmong American Social Movements in the 20th and 21st Centuries3
Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies
CHICLA/​AFROAMER/​AMER IND/​ASIAN AM/​FOLKLORE  102 Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies3
CHICLA/​HISTORY  151 The North American West to 18503-4
CHICLA/​HISTORY  152 The United States West Since 18503-4
CHICLA/​HISTORY  153 Latina/Latino/Latinx History3-4
CHICLA 201 Introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies3
CHICLA/​GEN&WS/​HISTORY  245 Chicana and Latina History3
CHICLA 301 Chicana/o and Latina/o History3
CHICLA 315 Racial Formation and Whiteness3
CHICLA/​GEN&WS  332 Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change3
CHICLA/​SPANISH  364 Survey of Latino and Latina Popular Culture3
CHICLA/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  422 Latino History and Politics3
CHICLA/​HISTORY  435 Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World3
Classics
CLASSICS 206 Classical Influences on Western Art and Science3
Community Environmental Sociology
C&E SOC/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  259 Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present1-3
Educational Policy Studies
ED POL/​HISTORY  107 The History of the University in the West3
ED POL/​HISTORY  412 History of American Education3
ED POL/​AFROAMER  567 History of African American Education3
ED POL/​HISTORY  612 History of Student Activism from the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter3
Environmental Studies
ENVIR ST/​GNS  210 Cultures of Sustainability: Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe3
ENVIR ST/​HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives3
Gender and Women's Studies
GEN&WS/​HIST SCI  537 Childbirth in the United States3
History—United States History
HISTORY 101 Amer Hist to the Civil War Era, the Origin & Growth of the U S4
HISTORY 102 American History, Civil War Era to the Present4
HISTORY/​ED POL  107 The History of the University in the West3
HISTORY 109 Introduction to U.S. History3-4
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST/​HIST SCI  125 Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film3
HISTORY 136 Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States3-4
HISTORY 140 Conspiracy Theories in Context3-4
HISTORY/​ED POL  143 History of Race and Inequality in Urban America3
HISTORY 145 America and China, 1776-Today3-4
HISTORY 150 American Histories: The Nineteenth Century4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  151 The North American West to 18503-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  152 The United States West Since 18503-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  153 Latina/Latino/Latinx History3-4
HISTORY 154 Who is an American?3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN AM  160 Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN AM  161 Asian American History: Settlement and National Belonging3-4
HISTORY 170 East Meets West: Myth, Meaning, and Modernity3-4
HISTORY/​AMER IND  190 Introduction to American Indian History3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (U.S. topics)3-4
HISTORY/​JEWISH  213 Jews and American Pop. Culture3-4
HISTORY/​JEWISH  219 The American Jewish Experience: From Shtetl to Suburb4
HISTORY 221 Explorations in American History (H)3-4
HISTORY 227 Explorations in the History of Race and Ethnicity3
HISTORY/​ART HIST/​ENVIR ST/​GEOG/​LAND ARC  239 Making the American Landscape3-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​GEN&WS  245 Chicana and Latina History3
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​ASIAN AM  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
HISTORY/​C&E SOC/​POLI SCI/​SOC  259 Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present1-3
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  261 American Legal History to 18603
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  262 American Legal History, 1860 to the Present3
HISTORY 269 War, Race, and Religion in Europe and the United States, from the Scramble for Africa to Today3-4
HISTORY 272 History Study Abroad: United States History1-4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
HISTORY 302 History of American Thought, 1859 to the Present3-4
HISTORY 306 The United States Since 19453-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  321 Afro-American History Since 19003-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  322 Afro-American History to 19003-4
HISTORY 329 History of American Capitalism4
HISTORY/​INTL ST  332 East Asia & The U.S. Since 18993-4
HISTORY 344 The Age of the American Revolution, 1763-17893-4
HISTORY 345 Military History of the United States3-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  353 Women and Gender in the U.S. to 18703-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  354 Women and Gender in the U.S. Since 18703-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​LACIS/​POLI SCI  355 Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective3
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  393 Slavery, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1848-18773-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  394 Science in America3
HISTORY 401 Public History Workshop3
HISTORY 403 Immigration and Assimilation in American History3-4
HISTORY/​ED POL  412 History of American Education3
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​POLI SCI  422 Latino History and Politics3
HISTORY 427 The American Military Experience to 19023-4
HISTORY 428 The American Military Experience Since 18993-4
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST/​LEGAL ST  430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives3
HISTORY 434 American Foreign Relations, 1901 to the Present3-4
HISTORY/​CHICLA  435 Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World3
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  459 Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models3-4
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST/​GEOG  460 American Environmental History4
HISTORY/​ECON  466 The American Economy Since 18653-4
HISTORY/​JOURN  560 History of U.S. Media4
HISTORY/​L I S  569 History of American Librarianship3
HISTORY 607 The American Impact Abroad: The Historical Dimension3
HISTORY/​ED POL  612 History of Student Activism from the Popular Front to Black Lives Matter3
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  628 History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States3
History—European History
HISTORY/​CLASSICS  110 The Ancient Mediterranean4
HISTORY 111 Culture & Society in the Ancient Mediterranean3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  112 The World of Late Antiquity (200-900 C.E.)4
HISTORY 115 Medieval Europe 410-15004
HISTORY 119 Europe and the World, 1400-18154
HISTORY 120 Europe and the Modern World 1815 to the Present4
HISTORY 123 English History: England to 16883-4
HISTORY 124 Britain since 16884
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (European topics)3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  208 Western Intellectual and Religious History to 15003-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  209 Western Intellectual and Religious History since 15003-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  212 The History of Western Christianity to 17504
HISTORY/​JEWISH  220 Introduction to Modern Jewish History4
HISTORY 223 Explorations in European History (H)3-4
HISTORY 224 Explorations in European History (S)3
HISTORY/​LACIS  243 Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence3-4
HISTORY/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SLAVIC  253 Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
HISTORY/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SLAVIC  254 Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
HISTORY 270 Eastern Europe since 19003-4
HISTORY 271 History Study Abroad: European History1-4
HISTORY 303 A History of Greek Civilization3-4
HISTORY 307 A History of Rome3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4
HISTORY/​JEWISH  310 The Holocaust3-4
HISTORY 320 Early Modern France, 1500-17153-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI  323 The Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton3
HISTORY/​HIST SCI  324 Science in the Enlightenment3
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST  328 Environmental History of Europe3
HISTORY 348 France from Napoleon to the Great War, 1799-19143-4
HISTORY 349 Contemporary France, 1914 to the Present3-4
HISTORY 350 The First World War and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Europe3-4
HISTORY 351 Seventeenth-Century Europe3-4
HISTORY 357 The Second World War3-4
HISTORY 358 French Revolution and Napoleon3-4
HISTORY 359 History of Europe Since 19453-4
HISTORY/​ENGL/​RELIG ST  360 The Anglo-Saxons3
HISTORY 361 The Emergence of Mod Britain: England 1485-16603-4
HISTORY/​CLASSICS/​POLI SCI  362 Athenian Democracy3
HISTORY/​INTL ST  366 From Fascism to Today: Social Movements and Politics in Europe3-4
HISTORY 367 Society and Ideas in Shakespeare's England3-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  392 Women and Gender in Modern Europe3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  409 Christianity in the Atlantic World, 1500-18003
HISTORY 410 History of Germany, 1871 to the Present3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  411 The Enlightenment and Its Critics3
HISTORY 417 History of Russia3-4
HISTORY 418 History of Russia3-4
HISTORY 419 History of Soviet Russia3-4
HISTORY 420 Russian Social and Intellectual History3-4
HISTORY 424 The Soviet Union and the World, 1917-19913-4
HISTORY 425 History of Poland and the Baltic Area3-4
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  426 The History of Punishment3-4
HISTORY/​SCAND ST  431 History of Scandinavia to 18153
HISTORY/​SCAND ST  432 History of Scandinavia Since 18153
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  459 Rule of Law: Philosophical and Historical Models3-4
HISTORY/​LEGAL ST  476 Medieval Law and Society3
HISTORY/​ED POL  478 Comparative History of Childhood and Adolescence3
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  507 Health, Disease and Healing I3-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  508 Health, Disease and Healing II3-4
HISTORY/​CURRIC/​ED POL/​JEWISH  515 Holocaust: History, Memory and Education3
HISTORY/​CLASSICS/​RELIG ST  517 Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean3
HISTORY/​JEWISH  518 Anti-Semitism in European Culture, 1700-19453
HISTORY/​SCAND ST  577 Contemporary Scandinavia: Politics and History3-4
History of Science
HIST SCI/​HISTORY/​MED HIST  132 Bees, Trees, Germs, and Genes: A History of Biology3
HIST SCI 150 The Digital Age3
HIST SCI/​HISTORY  171 History of Medicine in Film3-4
HIST SCI 201 The Origins of Scientific Thought3
HIST SCI 218 History of Twentieth Century American Medicine3
HIST SCI/​AFROAMER  275 Science, Medicine, and Race: A History3
HIST SCI 404 A History of Disease3-4
HIST SCI/​MED HIST  509 The Development of Public Health in America3
HIST SCI/​AFROAMER/​MED HIST  523 Race, American Medicine and Public Health3
HIST SCI/​GEN&WS/​MED HIST  531 Women and Health in American History3
HIST SCI/​GEN&WS/​MED HIST  532 The History of the (American) Body3
HIST SCI/​GEN&WS  537 Childbirth in the United States3
Integrated Liberal Studies
ILS 201 Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy I3
ILS 202 Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy II3
International Studies
INTL ST/​HISTORY  332 East Asia & The U.S. Since 18993-4
Legal Studies
LEGAL ST/​ENVIR ST/​HISTORY  430 Law and Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives3
Political Science
POLI SCI/​C&E SOC/​HISTORY/​SOC  259 Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present1-3
POLI SCI/​CHICLA/​HISTORY/​LACIS  268 The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present: A Critical Survey3
POLI SCI/​CHICLA/​HISTORY/​LACIS  355 Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective3
POLI SCI/​CHICLA/​HISTORY  422 Latino History and Politics3
Scandinavian Studies
SCAND ST 348 The Second World War in Nordic Culture3
Sociology
SOC/​C&E SOC/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  259 Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present1-3

World/Global or Non-Western History

Select one course from the following.

World/Global or Non-Western History course options
African Cultural Studies
AFRICAN/​HISTORY  129 Africa on the Global Stage3-4
AFRICAN 230 Introduction to Yoruba Life and Culture3
AFRICAN 232 Introduction to Swahili Cultures3
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
AFRICAN/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  370 Islam: Religion and Culture4
African American Studies
AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
AFROAMER/​AFRICAN/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
AFROAMER/​AFRICAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
Anthropology
ANTHRO/​AFROAMER/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
ANTHRO/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
ANTHRO/​AMER IND  314 Indians of North America3
ANTHRO 333 Prehistory of Africa3
Asian Languages and Cultures
ASIAN/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
ASIAN/​ASIAN AM/​HISTORY  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
ASIAN 252 Contemporary Indian Society3
ASIAN/​HISTORY/​RELIG ST  267 Asian Religions in Global Perspective3-4
ASIAN/​HISTORY/​RELIG ST  308 Introduction to Buddhism3-4
ASIAN/​AFRICAN/​RELIG ST  370 Islam: Religion and Culture3-4
ASIAN/​HISTORY  458 History of Southeast Asia Since 18003-4
Community Environmental Sociology
C&E SOC/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
Gender and Women's Studies
GEN&WS/​HISTORY  134 Women and Gender in World History3-4
Geography
GEOG/​ASIAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
GEOG/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
GEOG/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
History
HISTORY/​ASIAN  103 Introduction to East Asian History: China3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  104 Introduction to East Asian History: Japan3-4
HISTORY 105 Introduction to the History of Africa3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  108 Introduction to East Asian History - Korea3-4
HISTORY 111 Culture & Society in the Ancient Mediterranean3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  112 The World of Late Antiquity (200-900 C.E.)4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN  129 Africa on the Global Stage3-4
HISTORY 130 An Introduction to World History3-4
HISTORY 133 Global Military History (5000 BCE - Present)3-4
HISTORY/​GEN&WS  134 Women and Gender in World History3-4
HISTORY 139 Introduction to the Modern Middle East3-4
HISTORY 142 History of South Asia to the Present3-4
HISTORY 145 America and China, 1776-Today3-4
HISTORY 170 East Meets West: Myth, Meaning, and Modernity3-4
HISTORY 179 Afro-Atlantic Histories and Peoples, 1791-Present3-4
HISTORY 201 The Historian's Craft (Topic must be approved)3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  205 The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-15003-4
HISTORY 225 Explorations in Third World History (H)3-4
HISTORY 228 Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Social Science) (Topic must be approved)3
HISTORY 229 Explorations in Transnational/Comparative History (Humanities) (Topic must be approved)3
HISTORY 241 Latin America from 1780 to 19404
HISTORY/​INTL ST/​LACIS  242 Modern Latin America4
HISTORY/​LACIS  243 Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​GEN&WS  245 Chicana and Latina History3
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​ASIAN AM  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​POLI SCI  255 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations3-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
HISTORY/​GNS  265 An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan3
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  267 Asian Religions in Global Perspective3
HISTORY 273 History Study Abroad: Non-Western History1-4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
HISTORY 278 Africans in the Americas, 1492-18083-4
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  308 Introduction to Buddhism3-4
HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  319 The Vietnam Wars3-4
HISTORY/​INTL ST  332 East Asia & The U.S. Since 18993-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  335 The Koreas: Korean War to the 21st Century3-4
HISTORY 336 Chinese Economic and Business History: From Silk to iPhones3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  337 Social and Intellectual History of China, 589 AD-19193-4
HISTORY 340 Cultural History of Korea3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  341 History of Modern China, 1800-19493-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  342 History of the Peoples Republic of China, 1949 to the Present3-4
HISTORY/​AFROAMER  347 The Caribbean and its Diasporas3
HISTORY/​ASIAN  363 China and World War II in Asia3-4
HISTORY/​RELIG ST  409 Christianity in the Atlantic World, 1500-18003
HISTORY/​CHICLA/​POLI SCI  422 Latino History and Politics3
HISTORY/​CHICLA  435 Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World3
HISTORY 441 Revolution and Conflict in Modern Latin America3-4
HISTORY 444 History of East Africa3-4
HISTORY 445 History of Equatorial Africa3-4
HISTORY 450 Making of Modern South Asia3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  454 Samurai: History and Image3-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  456 Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima: Japan, the US & The Crisis in Asia3-4
HISTORY 457 History of Southeast Asia to 18003-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  458 History of Southeast Asia Since 18003-4
HISTORY/​ASIAN  463 Topics in South Asian History3
HISTORY/​ENVIR ST  465 Global Environmental History3-4
HISTORY 533 Multi-Racial Societies in Latin America3-4
HISTORY/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  564 Disease, Medicine and Public Health in the History of Latin America and the Caribbean3
International Studies
INTL ST 266 Introduction to the Middle East3
Medieval Studies
MEDIEVAL/​HISTORY/​RELIG ST  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4
Political Science
POLI SCI/​ASIAN/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
POLI SCI/​ASIAN/​HISTORY  255 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations3-4
POLI SCI/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
POLI SCI/​CHICLA/​HISTORY/​LACIS  268 The U.S. & Latin America from the Colonial Era to the Present: A Critical Survey3
POLI SCI/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
POLI SCI/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​HISTORY  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
POLI SCI/​CHICLA/​HISTORY/​LACIS  355 Labor in the Americas: US & Mexico in Comparative & Historical Perspective3
POLI SCI 370 Islam and Politics3-4
Religious Studies
RELIG ST/​HISTORY  205 The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East, 500-15003-4
RELIG ST/​ASIAN/​HISTORY  267 Asian Religions in Global Perspective3
RELIG ST/​ASIAN  306 Hinduism3
RELIG ST/​ASIAN/​HISTORY  308 Introduction to Buddhism3-4
RELIG ST/​HISTORY/​MEDIEVAL  309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam3-4
RELIG ST/​AFRICAN/​ASIAN  370 Islam: Religion and Culture4
Sociology
SOC/​ASIAN/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
SOC/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
SOC/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
Spanish
SPANISH/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4

Lands/People

United States or Europe

Select one course from the following.

United States or European course options
African American Studies
AFROAMER 151 Introduction to Contemporary Afro-American Society3
AFROAMER 154 Hip-Hop and Contemporary American Society3
AFROAMER 156 Black Music and American Cultural History3
AFROAMER/​GEN&WS  221 Introduction to Black Women's Studies3
AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
AFROAMER 272 Race and American Politics from the New Deal to the New Right3
AFROAMER/​AFRICAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
AFROAMER 303 Blacks, Film, and Society3
AFROAMER/​GEN&WS  333 Black Feminisms3
AFROAMER/​HISTORY  347 The Caribbean and its Diasporas3
AFROAMER/​POLI SCI  519 African American Political Theory3-4
AFROAMER/​HIST SCI/​MED HIST  523 Race, American Medicine and Public Health3
AFROAMER/​GEN&WS  624 African American Women's Activism (19th & 20th Centuries)3
AFROAMER 673 Selected Topics in Afro-American Society3
American Indian Studies
AMER IND 100 Introduction to American Indian Studies3
AMER IND 250 Indians of Wisconsin3
AMER IND/​ANTHRO  314 Indians of North America3
AMER IND/​LINGUIS  371 Survey of North American Indian Languages3
AMER IND/​ANTHRO/​FOLKLORE/​GEN&WS  437 American Indian Women3
AMER IND 444 3
AMER IND 450 Issues in American Indian Studies3
AMER IND/​C&E SOC/​SOC  578 Poverty and Place3
Anthropology
ANTHRO 104 Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity3
Asian American Studies
ASIAN AM 101 Introduction to Asian American Studies3
ASIAN AM/​SOC  220 Ethnic Movements in the United States3-4
ASIAN AM 240 Topics in Asian American Studies3
ASIAN AM/​COM ARTS  420 Asian Americans and Media3
ASIAN AM 540 Special Topics3
ASIAN AM/​JOURN  662 Mass Media and Minorities4
Chican@ and Latin@ Studies
CHICLA/​AFROAMER/​AMER IND/​ASIAN AM/​FOLKLORE  102 Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies3
CHICLA 201 Introduction to Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies3
CHICLA/​POLI SCI  231 Politics in Multi-Cultural Societies3-4
CHICLA 330 Topics in Chicano/a Studies3-4
CHICLA/​GEN&WS  332 Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change3
CHICLA/​COM ARTS  347 Race, Ethnicity, and Media3
CHICLA/​SPANISH  364 Survey of Latino and Latina Popular Culture3
CHICLA/​COM ARTS  419 Latino/as and Media3
CHICLA/​HISTORY  435 Colony, Nation, and Minority: The Puerto Ricans' World3
Geography
GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SLAVIC  253 Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SLAVIC  254 Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
GEOG 342 Geography of Wisconsin3
GEOG 344 Changing Landscapes of the American West3
GEOG 349 Europe3
GEOG/​AMER IND  410 Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledges3
Landscape Architecture
LAND ARC 360 Earth Partnership Restoration Education: Indigenous Arts & Sciences1
LAND ARC 363 Earth Partnership: Restoration Education for Equity and Resilience3
Sociology
SOC 120 Marriage and Family3-4
SOC 125 American Society: How It Really Works3-4
SOC 134 Sociology of Race & Ethnicity in the United States3-4
SOC 138 The Sociology of Gender3-4
SOC 170 Population Problems3-4

Global Comparative or Non-Western Cultures

Select one course from the following.

Global Comparative or Non-Western Cultures course options
African Cultural Studies
AFRICAN/​HISTORY  129 Africa on the Global Stage3-4
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER  220 HipHop, Youth Culture, and Politics in Senegal3
AFRICAN 230 Introduction to Yoruba Life and Culture3
AFRICAN 232 Introduction to Swahili Cultures3
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER  233 Global HipHop and Social Justice3
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  297 African and African-American Linkages: An Introduction4
AFRICAN/​ASIAN/​RELIG ST  370 Islam: Religion and Culture3-4
AFRICAN 403 Theories of African Cultural Studies3
AFRICAN/​RELIG ST  414 Islam in Africa and the Diaspora3
AFRICAN/​COM ARTS/​L I S  444 Technology and Development in Africa and Beyond3
Anthropology
ANTHRO 100 General Anthropology3
ANTHRO 102 Archaeology and the Prehistoric World3
ANTHRO 104 Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity3
Asian American Studies
ASIAN AM/​ASIAN/​HISTORY  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
Asian Languages and Cultures
ASIAN/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
ASIAN/​ASIAN AM/​HISTORY  246 Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War4
ASIAN 252 Contemporary Indian Society3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  306 Hinduism3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  405 Gods and Goddesses of South Asia3
Environmental Studies
ENVIR ST/​ENTOM  205 Our Planet, Our Health3
ENVIR ST/​HISTORY  465 Global Environmental History3-4
Folklore
FOLKLORE/​SCAND ST  443 Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today4
Gender and Womens Studies
GEN&WS 423 The Female Body in the World: Gender and Contemporary Body Politics in Cross Cultural Perspective3
GEN&WS/​POLI SCI  435 Politics of Gender and Women's Rights in the Middle East3
Geography
GEOG 101 Introduction to Human Geography4
GEOG/​ENVIR ST  139 Global Environmental Issues3
GEOG/​ASIAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
GEOG/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
GEOG/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
GEOG 301 Revolutions and Social Change3
GEOG 302 Economic Geography: Locational Behavior4
GEOG/​URB R PL  305 Introduction to the City3-4
GEOG/​ENVIR ST  309 People, Land and Food: Comparative Study of Agriculture Systems3
GEOG/​INTL ST  311 The Global Game: Soccer, Politics, and Identity3
GEOG/​INTL ST  315 Universal Basic Income: The Politics Behind a Global Movement3
GEOG 318 Introduction to Geopolitics3
GEOG/​ENVIR ST  339 Environmental Conservation4
GEOG 340 World Regions in Global Context3
GEOG 348 Latin America4
GEOG 355 Africa, South of the Sahara3
GEOG 358 Human Geography of Southeast Asia3
GEOG/​ENVIR ST/​HISTORY  460 American Environmental History4
GEOG 501 Space and Place: A Geography of Experience3
GEOG/​GEN&WS  504 Feminist Geography: Theoretical Approaches3
GEOG 507 Waste Geographies: Politics, People, and Infrastructures3
History
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​POLI SCI  255 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations3-4
HISTORY/​GNS  265 An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan3
HISTORY/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​GEOG/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
HISTORY 450 Making of Modern South Asia3-4
International Studies
INTL ST 266 Introduction to the Middle East3
Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies
LACIS/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
Political Science
POLI SCI 320 Governments and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa3-4
POLI SCI 328 Politics of East and Southeast Asia3-4
POLI SCI/​JEWISH  341 Israeli Politics and Society3-4
POLI SCI 349 Global Access to Justice3
POLI SCI/​GEN&WS  435 Politics of Gender and Women's Rights in the Middle East3
Sociology
SOC/​C&E SOC  140 Introduction to Community and Environmental Sociology4
SOC 170 Population Problems3-4

Electives

Choose additional electives to reach the minimum of 24 credits. Electives must be chosen from the courses listed above or from the departments of Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.

Recommended Course Options

It is strongly recommended to take at least one of the following non-Western interdisciplinary courses while meeting the minor requirements.

GEOG/​ASIAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines4
ASIAN 252 Contemporary Indian Society3
GEOG/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260 Latin America: An Introduction3-4
GEOG/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277 Africa: An Introductory Survey4
HISTORY/​ASIAN/​POLI SCI  255 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations3-4
HISTORY/​GNS  265 An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan3